[For Elementary School Students] Simple and Amazing! Magic Tricks You Can Do with a Handkerchief
Surprise your friends, teachers, and family with a big “Wow!”
In this article, we’ll introduce jaw-dropping magic tricks using a handkerchief that will leave everyone speechless!
Imagine putting on a magic show during school recreation time—wouldn’t that make you a hero?
Objects wrapped in a handkerchief vanish, or even the handkerchief itself disappears… It’s all fun magic that will have everyone asking, “How does that work?!”
They’re easy enough for elementary school students, so give them a try at school or at home!
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[For Elementary School Students] Simple and Amazing! A Collection of Magic Tricks You Can Do with a Handkerchief (21–30)
Self-moving handkerchief
A magic trick where a handkerchief starts moving as if it’s alive! All you need is a handkerchief and a long, thin stick like a pair of chopsticks.
Hold the stick in the hand that’s holding the handkerchief so it can’t be seen from the front, and simply poke it at the right moment—the handkerchief will move as if a ghost is manipulating it.
It’s very simple, but if your hand moves along with it, or if you swing the stick too vigorously to make the motion look big, it will look unnatural and be easy to catch.
Aim for the subtle, natural-looking sweet spot to fool your audience’s eyes!
A handkerchief from an empty tube
This magic trick produces a handkerchief from a tube that’s supposed to be empty.
First, make two tubes out of construction paper.
Roll one normally into a cylinder, and roll the other at an angle so it’s shaped like a megaphone.
Insert the angled tube into the straight tube and glue it in place so it doesn’t move.
Because the inner tube is angled, one end will have a hollow space.
Set the handkerchief in that hollow, and your preparation is complete.
While being careful not to show the side with the handkerchief, let the people around you check that there’s nothing inside.
Then pull the handkerchief out of the tube to amaze your audience!
The knot comes undone in an instant.
The magic trick where a tightly knotted handkerchief comes undone in an instant hinges on the way you tie it and how you present it.
Even while having a spectator help and making it look like you’re tying it securely, the part you’ll pull out is actually left loose, and you’re tugging on an unrelated section.
If you accidentally tie the section you pull at the end too tightly, the trick will fail.
Even once you understand the method, making it look natural is quite challenging.
Practice so you can wow everyone with a gasp-worthy performance!
handkerchief mouse
A cute magic trick where a mouse made from a handkerchief wiggles around.
First, make a mouse using a square handkerchief.
Fold it into a triangle, tuck the ends inside, and roll it up.
Once it’s long and thin, pull out the ears and tail, and it’s done! Place the mouse on one hand, and with the other hand, gently stroke it from above.
At the same time, wiggle the fingers of the hand under the mouse to make it move.
It might not move smoothly at first, but with practice you can make it glide naturally, as if it’s really alive!
A handkerchief that produces dice
This is a magic trick where three dice—red, blue, and yellow—come out of a handkerchief one after another.
Here’s the secret: before you begin, place the blue die in the pocket of the pants you’re wearing, and conceal the other two in your hands.
First, show both sides of the handkerchief, then quickly slip the red die under it and reveal it.
As you put the red die away in your pocket, take out the blue die at the same time.
Next, produce the yellow die from the handkerchief.
Then repeat with the blue one, and so on.
Your guests will be looking at the handkerchief, so practice retrieving the dice unnoticed while their attention is focused there!
Handkerchief through the glass
A handkerchief comes out from the bottom of a cup that has no hole! It looks like a mysterious trick where the cup’s bottom is penetrated, but the method is very simple.
First, put a handkerchief into the cup, then cover the cup with another handkerchief and secure it with a rubber band from above.
The key is to quickly flip the cup upside down beneath the covering handkerchief at this moment! Under the handkerchief, the cup’s mouth is facing downward, so you can take out the handkerchief at any time.
Then remove the handkerchief from inside the cup, and when you take off the covering handkerchief, return the cup to its original orientation—that’s it! It’s an easy trick that will amaze everyone around you.
The color of the handkerchief changes.
An amazing magic trick where the color of the handkerchief you’re holding changes in an instant! All you need are two handkerchiefs in different colors and a fake thumb with a hollow inside.
First, place one handkerchief inside the fake thumb and put the thumb onto one of your hands.
Be careful about the orientation so it doesn’t look fake.
Next, take out the other handkerchief and push it into a tube shape made by one of your hands.
When you finish pushing it in, insert the fake thumb along with it.
Then, at the top of the hand-tube, a different-colored handkerchief—hidden inside the fake thumb—will appear.
Pull the handkerchief out of the fake thumb, and you’ve easily performed a color-changing handkerchief trick! If you put the handkerchief back and reattach the thumb, you can hide the handkerchief again.